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SEETO Comprehensive Rail Network Development. Nedim Begovic, Regional Railway Expert. Railway Days 08/09 October 2013, B ucharest. Content. SEE Regional Transport Planning Cooperation SEETO Comprehensive Rail Network current condition and traffic flows
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SEETO Comprehensive Rail Network Development Nedim Begovic, Regional Railway Expert Railway Days 08/09 October 2013, Bucharest
Content • SEE Regional Transport Planning Cooperation • SEETO Comprehensive Rail Network current condition and traffic flows • SEETO Comprehensive Rail Network investment and maintenance • Future development • Planned Regional Priority Projects • Conclusions
SEETO Regional Cooperation South East Europe Transport Observatory SEETO 2004 - Memorandum of Understanding on the development of the South East Europe Core Regional Transport Network THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA MONTENEGRO SERBIA CROATIA KOSOVO* BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA EUROPEAN COMMISSION ALBANIA *This designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and ICJ Advisory opinion on the Kosovo declaration of independence.
SEE regional transport cooperation The main objectives of the SEETOcooperation: • Develop the SEETO Comprehensive Network; • Improve and harmonise regional transport policies and technical standards for the SEETO Comprehensive Network development; • Maintain an effective coordination and communication network; • Integrate the SEETO Comprehensive Network in the framework of the wider Trans European Network.
SEETO Comprehensive Rail Network • Basic information: • 4807 km length • 58% electrified • 12% double track sections TEN –T Rail Network Romania - 3281 km
Present condition • Infrastructure condition below the average standard • Ageing and deteriorated: • Infrastructure • Singalling system • Rolling stock • Speed restrictions on several part of the network Condition 2011: Very Good: 11% Good: 20% Medium: 61% Poor: 11% Very Poor: 3% No information:4% Bottlenecks 2011: 60 km double track 195 km single track
Traffic on the Rail SCN • Recorded traffic volumes: • 12440 million tkm • 2023 million pkm • The SEETO Comprehensive Rail Network traffic volume • experieneced decline in 2011 from 2010 • passenger 19% • freight 2% Corridor X, with 42% of freight and 67% of passenger traffic volume in 2011, was the main artery for transportation and mobility in the region!
SEETO Comprehensive Network Investments • €13.2 billion total investments in the SEETO Comprehensive Network since 2004; • €4 billion ongoing/finance secured investments • €9.2 billionof implemented investments in more than 300 infrastructure projects on the SEETO Comprehensive Network; • 83% of investments went into the road sector; • 10 % (€ 920million) share of railway investments.
SEETO CN Rail investment • Highest investments recorded in Croatia- €427 million • Second highest in Bosnia and Herzgovina- €157 million
Maintenance expenditure • €97 million- total maintenance expenditures in the SEETO Comprehensive Rail Network (2011) • 54% infrastructure maintenance expenditures
Future development €1.2 billionsecured investments
Multi Annual Plan 2013 • Regional transport planning document • Presents overall picture of the SEETO Comprehensive Network development • Promotes investments and regional priority projects • Identifies regional transport policy measures Download from www.seetoint.org
Planned Regional Priority Projects • MAP 2013 Priority Project list comprise 44 projects • More than € 8.2 billion needed for priority projects implementation in the following 5 years: • 20 road projects • 11 rail projects (€2.9 billion) • 7 inland waterway projects • 4 seaports and 2 airport projects
Conclusions • Railway infrastructure in WB was underinvested influencing overall competitiveness of railways • Shift of investments to railways together with higher traffic volumes could revitalize railways • Greater collaboration between regional railways
Thank you for your attention ! nbegovic@seetoint.org www.seetoint.org